Carolin@buecher.pnpde.social reviewed Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick
Sweet YA love story
4 stars
Not your typical romance, enjoyed this one quite a bit.
EPUB
English language
Published April 3, 2023 by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers.
This tender solo debut by Alyson Derrick, co-author of New York Times bestseller "She Gets the Gir"l, is perfect for fans of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Five Feet Apart".
What would you do if you forgot the love of your life existed?
Stevie and Nora had a love. A secret, epic, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. They also had a plan: to leave their small, ultra-conservative town and families behind after graduation and move to California, where they could finally stop hiding that love.
But then Stevie has a terrible fall and the last two years of her life are erased overnight. Suddenly Stevie finds herself in a life she doesn’t quite understand – she’s estranged from her parents, drifting away from her friends and dating a boy she can’t remember crushing on. She’s headed towards a future that isn’t at all what her fifteen-year-old self would have …
This tender solo debut by Alyson Derrick, co-author of New York Times bestseller "She Gets the Gir"l, is perfect for fans of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Five Feet Apart".
What would you do if you forgot the love of your life existed?
Stevie and Nora had a love. A secret, epic, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love. They also had a plan: to leave their small, ultra-conservative town and families behind after graduation and move to California, where they could finally stop hiding that love.
But then Stevie has a terrible fall and the last two years of her life are erased overnight. Suddenly Stevie finds herself in a life she doesn’t quite understand – she’s estranged from her parents, drifting away from her friends and dating a boy she can’t remember crushing on. She’s headed towards a future that isn’t at all what her fifteen-year-old self would have envisioned.
And Nora finds herself … forgotten.
Can the two find their way back together through a lost memory?
A romantic ode to the strength of love and the power of choosing each other, against odds and obstacles, again and again.
Not your typical romance, enjoyed this one quite a bit.